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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A cold front will push across the area today. Severe storms will be possible with the front, especially across the eastern half of the forecast area. Drier conditions return Tuesday into Wednesday.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Tuesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 1pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a slight chance of showers between 9pm and 11pm. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Chance of rain is 30%.
Tuesday
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light winds out of the northwest becoming west northwest 10 to 15 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph becoming light winds after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before noon. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 80.
Winds out of the west 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a slight chance of showers then patchy fog is expected to develop. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs near 76. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs near 80.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 11am. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light and variable winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a slight chance of showers. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of rain is 30%.
Tuesday
Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60.
Nantahala Area
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 9am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 80. Light winds out of the southwest increasing and shifting to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming light winds after midnight.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs near 80.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Showers and thunderstorms associated with a cold front may become strong to briefly severe this afternoon and evening with damaging winds and large hail as the main threats.
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
14 AM EDT Thu Jun 22 2023
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather
Big Flares for Field Day and Side-Swiping Storms | Space Weather News 23 June 2023
Back to Top • The Atlantic hurricane season has begun: What we know and what we don’t [ARS TECHNICA]
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
• The official hurricane season for the Atlantic basin is from June 1 to November 30, but tropical cyclone activity sometimes occurs before and after these dates, respectively. The peak of the Atlantic hurricane season is September 10, with most activity occurring between mid-August and mid-October.
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Mon Jun 26 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center has issued the last advisory on the remnants of Cindy, located over the central Atlantic Ocean.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 7 days.
TROPICAL TIDBITS
Tropical Tidbits is a website run by Macon Media's favorite no-nonsense tropical forecaster, Levi Cowan. He does not post material just to get clicks or to sensationalize the storms he covers to "make them more exciting." He is reliable and sober, unlike The Weather Channel crowd of Drama Queen Meteorologists.
Levi typically posts videos late in the afternoon or early before midnight on Youtube. [Youtube Channel]
[Thursday] Bret on Final Approach to Lesser Antilles; TD4 Forms (06-22-2023)
Bret, Cindy and What to Look for Next in the Tropics June 22, 2023 | hurricanetrack
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 55 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 55 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (3.7 out of 12) today with Grasses and Plantain being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (4.1 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for June 26th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 94°F in Franklin in 1954
Lowest Temperature 41°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1974
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.19 inches in Highlands in 1960
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since record-keeping began in 1871)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of June Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 101°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-30-2012
Lowest Temperature 32°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-02-1966
Greatest Rainfall 7.63 inches in Highlands on 06-16-1949
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during June in Macon County)
Record Weather Events for June 26th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 107°F in Morehead City, Carteret County in 1952
Lowest Temperature 30°F in Brevard, Transylvania County in 1907
Greatest One-Day Rain 7.11 inches in Belhaven, Beaufort County in 1945
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane Gladys)
--> Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of June Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 107°F in Carthage, Moore County on 06-23-1981
Lowest Temperature 23°F in Jefferson, Ashe County on 06-17-1917
Greatest Rainfall 12.41 inches in Belhaven, Beaufort County on 06-30-1962
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during June in the state)
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Macon Calendar
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Local and State News
• The state of journalism: Tying It Together with Tim Boyum
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte/podcasts/2023/06/20/tying-it-together-with-tim-boyum • Fire destroys section of building's roof near Asheville VA; hospital operations unaffected [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• NC plan to expand private school vouchers rekindles debate over separation of church and state [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Copy of How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending June 22 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson endorses Trump’s White House return: Need a ‘warrior at helm’ [Raleigh News and Observer]
• VP Kamala Harris speaks live in North Carolina ahead of new NC abortion restrictions [WGHP-Tv (High Point, NC)]
• Town of Franklin Fourth of July Celebration Returns Tuesday, July 4th [Macon Media]
---Recent News Recap---
• NC gets tougher on power grid attacks after Moore County winter sabotage and blackout [Raleigh News and Observer]
• NC grid attacks scrutinized as congressional hearing addresses security [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Energy Subcommittee Field Hearing: “Enhancing America’s Grid Security And Resilience” | Field Hearing in Moore County, NC
• Van Repair Fundraiser [Macon Media]
Macon Media is still experiencing transportation issues and was unable to get to the courthouse to cover this months meeting. Here is the county-sponsored video of the meeting:
Macon County Commissioners Meeting 3-14-23
• HB259 NC House Bill Budget Substitute [PDF Download (640 pages)]
Proposed State Budget for 2023-2025 [Download PDF]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners March 2023 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
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National and World News Roundup
Putin’s authority called into question after Wagner Group’s uprising | PBS News Hour
How Wagner’s Advance Unfolded Within 24 Hours | WSJ
• After Weekend of Chaos in Russia, Questions Remain Over Fate of Wagner [WSJ (video and audio)] [ WSJ ]
• 'Titan' Family Tragedy Averted Due to Son’s Warnings About Safety of Sub [People Magazine]
Train plunges into Yellowstone River after bridge collapse | ABC News
The traumatic effects of violence on Sudan’s children fleeing deadly conflict | PBS News Hour
• Water being tested where freight train carrying hazardous material plunged into Yellowstone River [ Courthouse News Service]
• A Vast Lake Has Captivated California Where Farms Stood a Year Ago [ New York Times ]
• Librarians train to defend intellectual freedom and fight book bans at Chicago conference [Courthouse News Service]
• Trump quietly changes political fundraising site to funnel funds toward legal woes [ Independent (UK) ]
• As fuel taxes plummet, states weigh charging by the mile instead of the tank [ ABC News ]
• 3 dead, 5 wounded in Kansas City, Missouri, shooting [ CBS News ]
• Harvard professor who studies honesty accused of falsifying data in studies [ The Guardian (UK) ]
Washington Today (6-23-23): SCOTUS sides with POTUS on prioritizing illegal immigrant deportations | C-SPAN
Global National: June 25, 2023 | Wagner insurrection sign of deeper issues in Russia
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - June 25
PBS NewsHour full episode, (June 25, 2023)
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COVID-19 News and Updates
Here is a section on COVID-19. It includes local, regional, state, national, and global items.
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County:
Based on current COVID-19 trends, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is planning for the federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19, declared under Section 319 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, to expire at the end of the day on May 11, 2023. Macon County Public Health will stop publishing weekly COVID updates but will continue to monitor local case levels and trends. In the event that case counts increase significantly, MCPH will notify the public and resume weekly COVID updates.
• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 3:20pm CEST, 14 June 2023, there have been 103,436,829 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,127,152 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 2 June 2023, a total of 668,882,018 vaccine doses have been administered.
Globally, as of 3:20pm CEST, 14 June 2023, there have been 767,984,989 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,943,390 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 13 June 2023, a total of 13,397,334,282 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Covid isn’t over, but even the most cautious Americans are moving on [ Washington Post ]
• Incidence of myopericarditis after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination: A meta-analysis with focus on adolescents aged 12–17 years [ xxx ]
• HHS Issues Advisory on Mental Health Symptoms and Conditions Related to Long COVID [ US Department of Health and HUman Services ]
• The Potential Links Between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the Origin of the Covid-19 Pandemic [ Director of National Interlligence (PDF) ]
• Eviction filings are 50% higher than they were pre-pandemic in some cities as rents rise [AP News]
• CDC: Research Says Long Covid “Contributing” to Labor Shortage [ tech.co ]
• Long Covid sufferers feel forgotten three years on [ BBC News ]
• SARS-CoV-2 and the host-immune response [ Frontiers in Immunology, 19 June 2023 ]
• SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant shedding during respiratory activities [ International Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 131, P19-25, June 2023 ]
• U.S.-Funded Scientist Among Three Chinese Researchers Who Fell Ill Amid Early Covid-19 Outbreak [ Wall Street Journal ]
• Lessons Learnt from COVID-19: Computational Strategies for Facing Present and Future Pandemics [ MDPI ]
• A risk assessment study of SARS-CoV-2 propagation in the manufacturing of cellular products [ Future Medecine ]
TWiV 1019: Eddie Holmes on SARS-CoV-2 origins | Microbe TV
• TWiV 1018: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1019: Eddie Holmes on SARS-CoV-2 origins [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• The Sky This Week from June 23 to 30: Check out the First Quarter Moon [Astronomy Magazine]
• A Reddit transcription community will shut down over a 'lack of trust' in the platform [engadget]
• Humiliated lawyers fined $5,000 for submitting ChatGPT hallucinations in court: ‘I heard about this new site, which I falsely assumed was, like, a super search engine’ [Fortune]
How to Use ChatGPT to Ruin Your Legal Career | LegalEagle
• Decades-long bet on consciousness ends — and it’s philosopher 1, neuroscientist 0 [Nature]
• Where in the brain is my sense of self? [Stanford Medicine Scope Blog]
• The FTC Forces Ring to Take User Privacy Seriously [Electronic Frontier Foundation]
• Hacker responsible for 2020 Twitter breach sentenced to prison [Tech Crunch]
• Sweden adopts new fossil-free target, making way for nuclear [Power Technology]
• OPINION: You think the internet is a clown show now? You ain’t seen nothing yet… [The Guardian]
• Nanoparticle drug delivery system super-enhances neuron regeneration in zebrafish eye, new study shows [PHYTS.ORG]
• Brain responses to nutrients are severely impaired and not reversed by weight loss in humans with obesity: a randomized crossover study [Nature Metabolism]
• Where and when to see the October 2023 annular eclipse [Astronomy Magazine]
• Z-Library returns, aims to avoid seizures by giving each user a secret URL [ARS TECHNICA]
Evergreen Links
• Red Dead Online player bids farewell to Google Stadia save by releasing horse they named after their departed daughter [Games Radar]
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History 69 - Twilight of the Æsir
Hardcore History: Addendum EP26 Dig This! | Dan Carlin
• Neal Stephenson’s Lamina1 drops white paper on building the open metaverse [Venture Beat] [PDF of White paper]
• Yes, the Great Books Make Us Better People [New York Times]
How Do We Know What We Know? Philosophy of Science | Fraser Cain
• Free, legally available series/movies on YouTube in a Netlflix-like interface [Cinetimes]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos (History, Culture, Science, Space, Technology and Current Events)
Anything covering educational, entertainment, history, current events, and technology topics
Facebook, Instagram to end news availability for Canadian users | CBC News
The Euclid Space Telescope: tackling dark matter and dark energy mysteries | Dr Becky
The Level1 Show June 23 2023: ChatGPT Is My Co-pilot | Level1 Techs
Worry About The Humans, Not The AI - DTNS 4547 | Daily Tech News Show
Potential Evidence That Betelgeuse May Go Supernova Early After All | Antov Petrov
The Mondovi Horseshoe | Nick Zentner
The Birth of China - Hunters on the Yellow River (20000 BCE to 7000 BCE) | The Histocrat
Dark Matter: The Elusive Fibers of the Universe - Xuejian Shen - 06/23/2023 | Caltech Astro
SFIA Monthly Livestream: Sunday, June 25, 2023 4pm EST | Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Life under UBI: Work, hobbies, and wellbeing without work | David Shapiro ~ AI
Week 252 - The Greatest Pincer Movement in Military History - WW2 - June 24, 1944 | World War Two
Civilization: Is the West History? | Episode 2: Science | BBC Select
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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 25 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for June 24th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 488 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 487: Ukraine liberates area near Donetsk occupied since 2014 [Euromaiden Press]
• Reporter's Notebook: 'One step closer to victory' as Ukraine counteroffensive gets underway [Fox News]
• Australia announces new $74m assistance package to Ukraine [Al Jazeera]
• Ukraine halts Russian attack in East, makes advances in South [TVP World]
• Ukraine updates: Kyiv says Wagner showed Putin's 'weakness' [DW News]
• 🔴 Liveblog: Russian defence minister makes first TV appearance since Wagner uprising [France 24]
• What will Putin do next? And other key questions [BBC News]
🔴 (redacted) - Russia vs Wagner? | Combat Footage Show | Combat Footage Show
Ukraine's Counter Offensive (So far) - Attrition, Adaptation & What Next? | Perun
Reading Putin's Speech About Wagner Coup | Ushanka Show
Ukraine army advances: Fighting intensifies near Bakhmut and Zaporizhzhia | Al Jazeera
Prigozhin's mutiny: herald of Putin's fall | World Today | TVP World
McFaul: Mutiny shows Putin might not be able to escalate Ukraine war | NBC News
Why Do We Call the War in Ukraine Unprovoked? - Debunking Russian Claims | Kings and Generals
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
Civil War in Russia? Wagner Troops Rebellion - SCOTT RITTER
The meaning of Prigozhin’s short-lived mutiny in Russia | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Key moments of aborted Wagner revolt in Russia [Russia Today]
**Pravda has no updated stories about the war today**
• Military coup over: Prigozhin orders PMC Wagner columns to return to field camps [Pravda]
• Russia says its forces suppressed 30 Ukrainian artillery positions near Krasny Liman [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
June 26th is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 188 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
4 AD – Augustus adopts Tiberius.
• [Wiki Bio: Augustus]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Tiberius]
• [Wikipedia: Principate]
221 – Roman emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and receives the title of Caesar.
• [Wikipedia: Elagabalus]
• [Severus Alexander]
363 – Roman emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sasanian Empire.
• [Killing Julian: the Death of an Emperor and the Religious History of the Later Roman Empire] (PDF, 171 pages)
• [Wikipedia: Julian (emperor)]
• [Epimetheus: The Rise and Fall of the Sassanid Persian Empire]
• [Wikipedia: Sasanian Empire]
• [Julian: Rise of the Last Pagan Emperor of Rome]
684 – Pope Benedict II is chosen.
699 – En no Ozuno, a Japanese mystic and apothecary who will later be regarded as the founder of a folk religion Shugendō, is banished to Izu Ōshima.
• [Wikipedia: Shugendō]
• [Wikipedia Bio: En no Gyōja]
1243 – Mongols defeat the Seljuk Turks at the Battle of Köse Dağ.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Köse Dağ]
1284 - According to the Lüneburg manuscript, a piper leads 130 children of Hamelin away
• [Pied Piper of Hamelin]
• [Exodus or Exitus? What happened to the Children of Hamelin?]
1295 – Przemysł II crowned king of Poland, following Ducal period. The white eagle is added to the Polish coat of arms.
1407 – Ulrich von Jungingen becomes Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights.
1409 – Western Schism: The Roman Catholic Church is led into a double schism as Petros Philargos is crowned Pope Alexander V after the Council of Pisa, joining Pope Gregory XII in Rome and Pope Benedict XII in Avignon.
1460 – Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, and Edward, Earl of March, land in England with a rebel army and march on London.
1483 – Richard III becomes King of England.
1522 – Ottomans begin the second Siege of Rhodes.
• [Wikipedia: Siege of Rhodes (1522)]
• [Kings and Generals: Siege of Rhodes 1522 - Ottoman Wars]
• [Siege of Rhodes 1522] (Empires of the Sea: The Contest for the Center of the World By Roger Crowley)
1541 – Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego de Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.
1579 – Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory begins.
1718 – Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, Peter the Great's son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him.
1723 – After a siege and bombardment by cannon, Baku surrenders to the Russians.
1740 – A combined force of Spanish, free blacks and allied Indians defeat a British garrison at the Siege of Fort Mose near St. Augustine during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
• [Wikipedia: Siege of Fort Mose]
• [Florida Frontiers TV - Episode 9 - Fort Mose]
• [The War of Jenkin's Ear and King George's War, 1739 - 1748]
1794 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Fleurus marked the first successful military use of aircraft.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Fleurus (1794)]
1830 – William IV becomes king of Britain and Hanover.
1842 - Ellen G. White is baptized by John Hobart in Portland, Maine
• [Wikipedia Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_G._White]
• [The Writings of Ellen G White]
1843 – Treaty of Nanking comes into effect, Hong Kong Island is ceded to the British "in perpetuity".
• [Wikipedia: Treaty of Nanking]
• [HistoryPod Video About Treaty Signing and Background]
• [Wikipedia: First Opium War]
1848 – End of the June Days Uprising in Paris.
1857 – The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London.
1870 – The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
1886 – Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
• [Henri Moissan: Winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1906]
1889 – Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
1906 – The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
1909 – The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
• [The Science Museum Website]
• [Science Museum, London]
• [Science Museum, London | Walkthrough Tour July 2019 | 4k]
1917 – World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
• [American Expeditionary Forces arriving in France, during World War I HD Stock Footage] (Silent Newsreel)
• [US Troops Enter WW1 | Timewatch | BBC Studios]
• [World War I: The American Legacy]
• [The Songs of World War I]
1918 – World War I: Allied forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince in the Battle of Belleau Wood.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Belleau Wood]
• ["Over There! Part 3: Retreat, Hell! We Just Got Here!" U.S. Marines At Belleau Wood]
1924 – The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.
1927 – The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
1934 – United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.
• [Wikipedia: Federal Credit Union Act]
• [MyCreditUnion.gov]
• [12 USC Ch. 14: FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS]
1936 – Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
• [Wikipedia: Focke-Wulf Fw 61]
• [Silent Newsreel Footage]
• [Focke Wulf Fw 61 - luftwaffe test pilot Hanna Reitsch]
1940 – World War II: Under the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Romania requiring it to cede Bessarabia and the northern part of Bukovina.
1941 – World War II: Soviet planes bomb Kassa, Hungary (now Košice, Slovakia), giving Hungary the impetus to declare war the next day.
1942 – The first flight of the Grumman F6F Hellcat.
• [Wikipedia Grumman F6F Hellcat]
• [Wings - Grumman F6F Hellcat]
• [LINKTEXT]
1944 – World War II: San Marino, a neutral state, is mistakenly bombed by the RAF based on faulty information, leading to 35 civilian deaths.
1944 – World War II: The Battle of Osuchy in Osuchy, Poland, one of the largest battles between Nazi Germany and Polish resistance forces, ends with the defeat of the latter.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Osuchy]
1945 – The United Nations Charter is signed by 50 Allied nations in San Francisco, California.
• [Newsreel]
• [Wikipedia: Charter of the United Nations]
1948 – Cold War: The first supply flights are made in response to the Berlin Blockade.
• [DoD: The Berlin Airlift: What It Was, Its Importance in the Cold War]
• [Harry S Truman Library: The Blockade of Berlin]
• [Assn for Diplomatic Studies and Training: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift of 1948]
1948 – William Shockley files the original patent for the grown-junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor.
• [Engineering and Technology Wiki: Wlliam Shockley]
• [Does the first transistor ever built still work?]
• [Documentary: Transistorized!]
1948 – Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery is published in The New Yorker magazine.
1952 – The Pan-Malayan Labour Party is founded in Malaya, as a union of statewide labour parties.
1953 – Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo.
• [Wikipedia: Lavrentiy Beria]
1955 – The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown.
• [Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter]
1959 – Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson becomes world champion of heavy weight boxing, by defeating American Floyd Patterson on technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at Yankee Stadium.
1960 – The former British Protectorate of British Somaliland gains its independence as Somaliland.
1960 – Madagascar gains its independence from France.
1963 – Cold War: U.S. President John F. Kennedy gave his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, underlining the support of the United States for democratic West Germany shortly after Soviet-supported East Germany erected the Berlin Wall.
• [John F. Kennedy - "Ich Bin Ein Berliner" Speech]
• [Wikipedia: Ich bin ein Berliner]
• [C-SPAN Reel America: President Kennedy in Berlin, 1963]
1967 – Karol Wojtyła (later John Paul II) made a cardinal by Pope Paul VI.
1974 – The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio.
• [HistoryPod Video ]
1975 – Two FBI agents and a member of the American Indian Movement are killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota; Leonard Peltier is later convicted of the murders in a controversial trial.
• [American Indian Movement]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Leonard Peltier]
• [Tactical Wire: The Pine Ridge Shootout]
• [Wikipedia: Murder on a Reservation]
1977 – Elvis Presley held his final concert in Indianapolis, Indiana at Market Square Arena.
• [Elvis Presley 1977 CBS last concert]
1978 – Air Canada Flight 189, flying to Toronto, overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of the 107 passengers on board perish.
1981 – Dan-Air Flight 240, flying to East Midlands Airport, crashes in Nailstone, Leicestershire. All three crew members perish.
1991 – Yugoslav Wars: The Yugoslav People's Army begins the Ten-Day War in Slovenia.
• [Yugoslavia War : Slovenia 21.6.1991]
• [Slovenian Ten-Day War: The Forgotten Balkan War]
• [News June 29, 1991 - Ten Day War in Yugoslavia/Slovenia]
• [Ten-Day War]
1993 - The U.S. launches a cruise missile attack targeting Baghdad intelligence headquarters in retaliation for a thwarted assassination attempt against former President George H. W. Bush in April in Kuwait.
• [Wikipedia: 1993 cruise missile strikes on Iraq]
• [Clinton Orders Missile Attack (1993)]
1995 – Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani deposes his father Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, in a bloodless coup d'état.
1997 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• [Wikipedia: Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union]
• [Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union]
• [JUSTIA: Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, 521 U.S. 844 (1997)]
2000 – The Human Genome Project announces the completion of a "rough draft" sequence.
• [LINKTEXT]
• [Official Website]
• [The Human Genome Project: The 13-Year Quest to Chart the Mysteries of Human Genetics]
2003 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Lawrence v. Texas that gender-based sodomy laws are unconstitutional.
• [Wikipedia: Lawrence v. Texas]
• [JUSTIA: Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003)]
• [Lawrence v. Texas Summary | quimbee.com]
2006 – Mari Alkatiri, the first Prime Minister of East Timor, resigns after weeks of political unrest.
2007 – Pope Benedict XVI reinstates the traditional laws of papal election in which a successful candidate must receive two-thirds of the votes.
2008 – A suicide bomber dressed as an Iraqi policeman detonates an explosive vest, killing 25 people.
2012 – The Waldo Canyon fire descends into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in Colorado Springs burning 347 homes in a matter of hours and killing two people.
• [Wikipedia: Waldo Canyon Fire]
• [NASA Earth Observatory: Waldo Canyon Fire Burn Scar]
• [PPLDTV In Our Own Backyard: Reflections on the Waldo Canyon Fire]
2013 – Riots in China's Xinjiang region kill at least 36 people and injure 21 others.
2013 – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5–4, that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• [Wikipedia: Defense of Marriage Act]
• [Wikipedia: United States v. Windsor]
• [JUSTIA: United States v. Windsor, 570 U.S. 744 (2013)]
• [United States v. Windsor Case Brief Summary | Law Case Explained]
2015 – Five different terrorist attacks in France, Tunisia, Somalia, Kuwait, and Syria occurred on what was dubbed Bloody Friday by international media. Upwards of 750 people were either killed or injured in these uncoordinated attacks.
2015 – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5–4, that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marriage under the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• [Wikipedia: Obergefell v. Hodges]
• [JUSTIA: Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. ___ (2015)]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rWSvCNBZxY]
2016 - Panama Canal's third set of locks opens for commercial traffic, doubling the Canal’s capacity at an estimated cost of $5.25 billion
• [Overview of the new Panama Canal expansion]
2018 - US Supreme Court upholds President Trump's travel ban against mostly Muslim countries
• [Wikipedia: Trump v. Hawaii]
• [JUSTIA: Trump v. Hawaii, 585 U.S. ___ (2018)]
• [Supreme Court Upholds Trump Travel Ban]
2018 - Polio outbreak confirmed in New Guinea by WHO, 18 years after it was declared free of the disease
• [Polio was eliminated in the Asia-Pacific. Then it suddenly came back]
• [WHO: Reaching the Hagahai in Papua New Guinea]
• [AFP: Papua New Guinea scrambles to vaccinate as polio returns]
• [Papua New Guinea: Polio Outbreak - Jun 2018]
2020 - New York Times says Russia secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked forces to kill US and coalition troops in Afghanistan
• [New York Times]
• [Wikipedia: Russian bounty program]
• [Fox News: Russian bounties may have led to deaths of three marines]
• [NBC News: Joe Biden Responds To Report Of Russian Bounties On U.S. Troops]
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Macon County Board of Elections 03-11-2014 The Macon County Board of Elections holds a special meeting to hear a challenge brought by Charles "Scoon" Nichols to the candidacy of Macon County Commissioner Ron Haven regarding his eligibility to file as a candidate in the District II County Commissioner race. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9lNBy-faAA ********************* Jair Bolsonaro leaves Brazil for the US ahead of Lula’s inauguration https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/30/americas/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-us-lula-inauguration-intl-latam Dang. He pulled a Trump and snuck out of town and can't be civil during the transfer of power. What a toddler move. ******************** Fierce Kitty, Glorious Kitty, Little Ball of Fur. Honourable Kitty, Warrior Kitty, Qapla' Qapla' Qapla' -->
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Macon County Board of Elections 03-11-2014 The Macon County Board of Elections holds a special meeting to hear a challenge brought by Charles "Scoon" Nichols to the candidacy of Macon County Commissioner Ron Haven regarding his eligibility to file as a candidate in the District II County Commissioner race. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9lNBy-faAA ********************* Jair Bolsonaro leaves Brazil for the US ahead of Lula’s inauguration https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/30/americas/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-us-lula-inauguration-intl-latam Dang. He pulled a Trump and snuck out of town and can't be civil during the transfer of power. What a toddler move. ******************** Fierce Kitty, Glorious Kitty, Little Ball of Fur. Honourable Kitty, Warrior Kitty, Qapla' Qapla' Qapla' -->
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